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34 /2010
T H E M A G A Z I N E O F T H E D A N U B E R I V E R / W W W. I C P D R . O R G
Tragedy
On 4 October, a dam broke at an aluminium production facility spilling 700,000 m3
of red sludge.
29 milesTone near
For laundry
deTergenTs!
At Persina Nature Park in Bulgaria, a Natura 2000 area and the biggest
Ramsar site in the country, a model payment for economic services
(PES) scheme will be set up based on the potential and economic
efficiency of producing biomass from wetlands. Credit: Ivanov
Promoting
Payments for
Ecosystem
Services in the
Danube Basin
Arranging payments for the
benefits provided by forests,
fertile soils and other natural
ecosystems is a way to
recognise their value and
ensure that these benefits
continue well into the future.
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